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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1890
Page
3
A collage of witty exchanges and clipped anecdotes from a bygone era. The piece parades quips about love, wages, salons, and social scenes, featuring overheard lines and comic asides attributed to unnamed readers and journals.
A historic piece outlines a conceivable Behring Straits bridge linking Siberia and Alaska. It notes Diomede Islands as potential waypoints and discusses distances from North American and Russian shores, rough survey findings, and the economic and engineering hurdles of such a transcontinental highway.
A survey highlights California and New York women whose inventions transformed daily life. Included are Ty’s profitable venture, Mrs. Catherine Coeene’s colleen gin honor, Ann Manning’s horse show machine and Clover cleaner, Elizabeth Smith’s improved mower knives, Magele Koaghth’s reinforced paper bags, and Mary Walton’s noise reducing elevated railway device.
The Albany Argus praises a nine mile miniature railroad serving Bedford and Bellevue Massachusetts. It notes tiny cars, bridges up to thirty five feet, wheel weights around twenty pounds, and engines capable of twenty miles per hour with two cars. The piece compares it to Bucks County Pennsylvania and mentions an oil fortune.
A New Yorker recalls Parisian taste for horseflesh at the World’s Exposition. The meat is consumed in sandwiches from street vendors and allegedly comes from work horses retired from service and sold cheaply after slight processing. The narrator admits strong prejudice and cannot finish the dish.
Four credit Jackson warns of looming financial pain as Witherboe asks for certainty. The pair recalls Bagley and Roberts once lending money but now cannot, signaling a local economic strain amid remarks by Mrs. Drou Ickes, a fourteen year old widow from Columbus.
A confused social tale follows Reginald Thompson and his misdirected love letter to Marian as Robbins and Aunt Augusta uncover a tangled web. Misplaced confidences lead to a confrontation with Robbins and a dramatic offer of marriage that reveals misinterpretations and personal vanity within a grand house.
The Nebraska State Journal discusses Bellamy’s Looking Backward plan and its radical social structure. It notes critics who fear two million officers would govern fifty eight million workers and questions human nature with references to Sparta and Lycurgus. The piece presents both sides of the debate on Bellamy’s scheme.
A sentimental portrait extols a dog as man’s truest friend describing the devoted, selfless affection of a canine companion. The piece contrasts canine loyalty with human fickleness and lauds the dog’s patience, joy, and faithful waiting during long separations, asserting the deep, enduring bond of companionship.
Fragmented OCR text references a Louisiana law case, a company, and various individuals with unclear roles. It hints at a trial proceeding, a deadline, and a capital payment tied to a Vermont or Bak legal matter, but details are obscured and names are garbled.
A fragment describes Longfellow House in Cambridge preserved as when the poet hosted friends. Mrs Dana and Mrs Thorp Jr. live nearby, with Longfellow Sisters in neighboring homes. A memorial park across Battle Street honors the poet, preserving his historic presence for residents.
A 19th century guide advises buyers on selecting a suitable family horse. It emphasizes trial drives, noting endurance, manners, and hazards like shying, loud noises, and rough handling. It warns against heavy coats and mane that droops, urging guarantees and return options if misrepresented.
A rambling, playful piece recalls travel from Slale of Drowsstina through Thingumbod Dilla to Dontery Gornera Ly, mixing fantasy geography with stray moral maxims about women and a long agricultural note on potato sowing and wheat or rye cultivation. It blends humorous travel imagery with practical farming guidance and social mores.
The article argues poultry farming boosts national wealth and individual profit. It cites France and Germany as imports competitors, notes annual poultry output about 80 million chickens valued at 240 million, and asserts poultry farming is accessible beyond the wealthy, with growing attention over the last decade. It underscores demand, debt relief potential, and expanding farming opportunities.
Turbulent weather devastates Agrpomattox County with cyclone and cloudburst. Varying reports indicate ten or more fatalities and many injuries as towns reel from the storm. Rescue crews and officials assess damage as residents begin recovery efforts.
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